The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-08-04
FAVORABLE FOR THE CROPS.


aPretty big Crop Of Wheat.
prevailed in Dakota Tuesday tho 25th
Inst, did comparatively little damage to
growing crops. In o few places there was
heavy hail, and crops OF course suffered.
but the damage is confined to small areas.
Along the line OF tho Manitoba road only
ne report OF damage was received, that
us from Wolcott, where 1t was Gated
about one thousand acres OF wheat
were damaged. Along the Northern
at all on the Hastings & Dakota line. The
heavy fall of rain will be OF great benefit
TO corn, and more than offsets any injury
done by hail. At Park River the outlook
is promising. At America there was heavy
rain, but no damage from hail. The out.
look is good for two.thirds of @ crop. At
Portland. Hope, Ripon, Hunter, Church's
Ferry, DEVILS Lake, Michigan City, Ojaha,
Bottineau and Larimore heavy rains
have fallen during the past I've days, and
crops are in fine condition. At Larimore
farmers claim the yield will be the largest
on record. At Crookston water il stand
ing in low spots and damage will result m
less the weather changes. At Euclid n
heavy crop Of wheat and oats are almost
assured. At Stephen estimates are Tor
twenty to twenty fl 70 bushels Of wheat to
the acre. At Reynolds wheat is
ripening very slowly and dry weather
yield. At Grand Fork 8 crops are looking
better than for years. At Ardoch and Gro
ton harvesting will begin this week. At St.
Thomas wheat is filling and maturing rap.
idly and win be ready to cut about August
s. In Turner county, Dak., wheat will
run about Is bushels to the acre and oats
80 bushels. There will DO a heavy crop of
corn, late rains having done great good. In
Brookings county wheat ia fully
UP TO AVERAGE,
while corn is much better. At Ashton
some barley has been threshold. The out
look is very favorable, and crop predic-
tions for this locality, based upon farmers
statements, are: Wheat from 10 to rs
bushels per acre, or an average OF 16; bar.
ley from 25 to 40, or an average of 80;
oats from 80 to so, or an average OF 3s.
Corn looks very promising, and indica-
lions are for the best cropever raised there.
la no ss1.r.,, county aaS th hsrv indiestioa Is
point to the largest yield for years, proba-
bly, sixteen to twenty bushels per acre.
Flax will run about ten bushels, and oats
not over thirty-fve.s At Salem the yield
will equal that OF last year, with the quail
ity much better. In some parts OF Deuel.
county the wheat Drop is heavy, while in
other localities 1t ia light. An average
yieid OF twelve bushels per acre would not
are thin on the ground and short, though
we'll filled. An average OF a half.crop,
or twenty bushels per acre. is
all that can be looked for. Corn-The
acreage is more than double last year.,
and the present prospect is for a very
heavy crop. Harvesting has pretty gen.
orally. begun around Mitchell, with re-
suits far in excess of the expectations of a
few weeks ago. In DAWSON county the
wheat yield will run from eight to fifteen
bushels an acre on the average; oats
will turn out poorly, except in GER
tain localities, while the carn crop
promised to run from fifty to seventy
bushels, the best showing it has made in
three years. In Wausau, Hutchinson,
Aurora, Sanborn, Jerauld, Lake and Beule
counties the average yield is fully as good,
and in the first named even better than in
the others. Early grain in stutsman
ready for the reaper in q week or ten days.
In the immediate vicinity OF James
small return. In this county the
wheat yield will probably average ton bush.
els, oats about forty blu shells. From the
points along the
JAMESTOWN & NORTHERN
reports OF q most fattering yield are re-
ceiveds. At Melville. New Rockford, Sykes.
ton ana other points the largest yield in
the history ofthe country is expected. The
condition on the James River Valley roads
reported as nearly as favorable. The pres
emit condition OF KidderCo., crops is goo per
cent. better than anticipated three weeks
60. Many sections in this county will yield
strong 20 bushels OF well. filled wheat, while
many quarter sections will average above
that. In Beadle county the yield of wheat,
oats, flax, b~uckwheat, corn and potatoes
will be greater TO the acre than any year
since 1888. Wheat will average from Is
to 20 bushels an acre; oats, SO to 70.
Corn, potatoes, and all root crops are far
advanced.